Today in History
Today is Monday, Sept. 5, the 249th day of 2016. There are 117 days left in the year. This is Labor Day.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 5, 1882, the nation's first Labor Day was celebrated with a parade in New York. (Although...

Since the moment he launched his campaign for president, Donald Trump has had plenty to say about Mexico. And a series of leaders of American's southern neighbor have had lots to say about the Republican nominee, too.
"I ask you to open your eyes,...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — In a surprise move, Donald Trump will travel to Mexico on Wednesday to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, just hours before the Republican delivers a highly anticipated speech on immigration.
Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday...

Today in History
Today is Thursday, Aug. 18, the 231st day of 2016. There are 135 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Aug. 18, 1846, during the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearny occupied Santa Fe in...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — There's just one place in all of Mexico where you can legally buy a gun. It's tucked away in an anonymous building on an army base in the capital, staffed by soldiers.
Those who enter must surrender any cellphones, tablets or...

Today in History
Today is Saturday, July 2, the 184th day of 2016. There are 182 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Luis H. Alvarez, a former presidential candidate and longtime prominent figure in the conservative National Action Party who spent decades pushing for democratic reform in Mexico, died Wednesday. He was 96.
The party known as the PAN...

Today is Thursday, March 3, the 63rd day of 2016. There are 303 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On March 3, 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video....

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has come up with a plan to confront criticism of the country during the U.S. presidential campaigns, but it doesn't include getting into verbal duels with the candidates.
The government instead will approach...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday joined his predecessor in office in unloading on Donald Trump, calling the Republican front-runner's campaign racist and saying his discourse on immigration is fueling anti-American...

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Texas high school football player whom authorities say rose from petty street dealer to the top ranks of a Mexican drug cartel was responsible for sending truckloads of cocaine across the border for distribution in the eastern...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has extradited 13 people to the United States, including two top drug traffickers, because of a new streamlined process between the two countries — and not because of the recent escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, officials...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The once-embattled Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has started to take down a billboard made of soldered, seized guns reading "No More Weapons," one of the most visible reminders of its violence-laden recent past.
The stark,...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua say they're probing a shooting that seriously wounded a former police chief who had been targeted by drug cartels while cutting crime in violence-wracked Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez.
...

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Replicas of a sculpture of a knotted pistol that was designed in honor of the late musician John Lennon are being displayed this month in Monterrey, a northern industrial city that knows about gun violence.
The 13 pieces in a...

On Sept. 26, 43 student protesters went missing in the Mexican city of Iguala in the state of Guerrero. A city characterized by long-standing social and political upheaval, Iguala recently became home to violent drug-trafficking organizations, which...

IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — On the day 43 students disappeared in this southern Mexican town, the mayor's wife was giving a speech to local dignitaries on family social services.
In another town, it could have been a normal scene. But tough-looking civilians...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Young Americans wanting to study in Latin America have stopped looking so intently at Mexico, which has dropped from first to fourth for U.S. students going to university in the region over the last 10 years.
Only about 4,000 U.S....